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- Subject: RE: Celebrating McGonagall
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- Date: 3 Jan 93 03:25:22 GMT
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- dsy@psych.toronto.edu (Desiree Sy) writes of the works of Wm. McGonagall,
- Poet and Tragedian:
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- >>This is some of the best bad poetry
- >>I've ever heard (to give you some idea of how memorable his stuff
- >>is, I last heard the beautiful bridge on the silvery Tey stuff
- >>when I was 15).
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- Barbara Hlavin writes:
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- >Can one of you fans explain to me what's so appealing about this stuff?
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- The only way I know how to describe it is: he's the 1962 Mets of poetry.
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- >I can see that it's worth a chuckle in passing, but not investing in
- >volumes of it for your library, reading it again and again, and
- >celebrating it annually.
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- Well, some fans only root for teams that win all the time.
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- To understand the entertainment value of a McGonagall Night, one must first
- be familiar with the traditions of Burns Night -- an occasion that is usually
- a great deal of fun, but is sometimes taken far too seriously.
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- I'll let you know when the next McGonagall Fest takes place.
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- Tip on McGonagall Appreciation: his work is at its best when read aloud.
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- Heather
- HHENDERSON@vax.clarku.edu
-